Those Who Lost Happiness�.

Baku / 21.03.18 / Turan: Azerbaijan worsened its position in The World Happiness Report-2018 compiled by British researchers. Azerbaijan moved from No 85 to No 87. Among the CIS countries, Armenia, Belarus and Moldova suffered losses in the ranking. Armenia dropped from No 121 to No 129, Belarus - from No 67 to No 73, and Moldova - from No 56 to No 67.

The happiest among the citizens of the CIS were residents of Uzbekistan. In the general list the country took the 44th place, i.e. the best result among the countries of the Commonwealth. Like several members of the Commonwealth, this year it improved the results on the "parameters of happiness," rising from the 47th place last year, Mir-24 reported.

Significantly happier were the citizens of Tajikistan; from the 96th place the country made a breakthrough to the 80th. The citizens of Kyrgyzstan began to live a little better; the country improved its positions by six points, being at the 92nd place in the rating.

The rating of Kazakhstan remained unchanged - the country confidently holds its 60th position. Russia lost 10 points for the year, finding itself on the 59th line of the rating. Georgia, which personifies success, was at the 129th place, and Ukraine was at the 138th place.

Among the 156 participants in the world ranking, the Scandinavian countries were the happiest. The leader of the rating was Finland, followed by Norway, Denmark and Iceland. The top 10 "lucky" also included Switzerland, the Netherlands, Canada, New Zealand, Sweden and Australia.

World Happiness Report is an international research project that measures the happiness indicator of the population in the countries of the world. The study is carried out by the University of the United States under the auspices of the United Nations in the framework of the Global Initiative Sustainable Development Solutions Network to show the achievements of countries and individual regions from the viewpoint of their ability to provide their residents a happy life.

The rating takes into account such indicators of well-being as the level of GDP per capita, life expectancy, the presence of civil liberties, a sense of security and confidence in the future, the stability of families, job security, the level of corruption, as well as indirect indicators of the state of society, such as the level of trust and generosity. In addition to these statistics and indirect indicators, a significant part of the study is the results of public opinion polls of residents of different countries about how happy they feel, conducted by the Gallup International Research Center. -0-----